noun / ~する noun:

• dying of shame; being so ashamed one wants to die ➜ 慙死

noun:

• language game in which extra syllables are added to words - e.g. やきもち→やしきしもしちし

noun:

• manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit) ➜ 漫才

noun:

• place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)

adverb:

• whether one wants to or not; without choice

noun / ~の noun:

• leaving something to chance; drifting; (being) happy-go-lucky ➜ 成り行きに任せる【なりゆきにまかせる】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to make a diagonal move (in the game of go)

noun:

• beginning; commencement; outset

~の noun:

• first (one comes to); approaching

noun:

• affability; approachability

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• taking pictures (for a wedding, etc.) prior to the event

expression:

• to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

noun:

• entrance to a daimyo's mansion
• glans (of the penis)

noun:

• Tran dynasty (ruled Vietnam from 1225 to 1400)

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio) - abbreviation ➜ 自宅録音【じたくろくおん】

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)

noun / ~する noun:

• piercing through; penetrating; perforating
• persisting; sticking (e.g. to beliefs)

noun / ~する noun:

• adding (e.g. an entry to a dictionary); listing; inclusion

noun:

• tile accidentally or mistakenly shown to other players - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

noun:

• Japanese ball game similar to pinball - From English "smart ball"

noun:

• mochi added to rice gruel (15th of the first month) - obscure term

expression:

• striving to adopt ascetic practices for one's whole life - Buddhism term

noun:

• letting horses out the barn to graze (in spring)

noun:

• breaking and removing frozen snow to expose the ground - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary boiling (of hard-to-cook ingredients); cooking in advance